LA is on fire (August 09 version)

smoothmoniker · 09-01-2009, 02:53 PM

Monrovia, north of Foothill, up against the mountains.

Elspode · 09-01-2009, 09:35 PM

I just talked to Liz, my friend who lives in the Mt Washington neighborhood. She's about a 30 minute drive from the peak of Mt Wilson. She was wearing a wet bandanna over her face when we talked. She can only see a hazy shape that is Mt Wilson from her house now. They won't get burned where they are, but things are bad in LA.

Current news reports say that the Mt Wilson observatory and antenna complex will be overrun by the fire sometime tonight. On the plus side, firefighters have been on site pretty much all day laying down foam and other retardants, setting backfires and removing other fuel sources so that, when the fire does come, it will have much less chance of doing catastrophic damage to the historic scientific facility and the communications center right next to it.

09-01-2009, 02:53 PM	#1
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	Monrovia, north of Foothill, up against the mountains. __________________ to live and die in LA

09-01-2009, 09:35 PM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I just talked to Liz, my friend who lives in the Mt Washington neighborhood. She's about a 30 minute drive from the peak of Mt Wilson. She was wearing a wet bandanna over her face when we talked. She can only see a hazy shape that is Mt Wilson from her house now. They won't get burned where they are, but things are bad in LA. Current news reports say that the Mt Wilson observatory and antenna complex will be overrun by the fire sometime tonight. On the plus side, firefighters have been on site pretty much all day laying down foam and other retardants, setting backfires and removing other fuel sources so that, when the fire does come, it will have much less chance of doing catastrophic damage to the historic scientific facility and the communications center right next to it. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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